A Streetcar Named Desire: A Tragedy

This play is indeed a tragedy. I sympathized with Blanche the most; the tragic hero in this play. What makes her the tragic hero though? Well, the answer is obvious. She has a tragic flaw of not being able to differentiate fantasy from reality and thus destroys her own life.

Although the blame should not be totally put on her, I think that she is mentally and physically fragile and should be protected. After all the misfortunes that she has gone to in her life, I think Stella should take care of her sister and not sending her away to the asylum. In this case, Stella is being blind to trust Stanley and not to trust her own sister. She might be realistic when she thinks that she depends on Stanley financially, physically, and sexually, but she must at least be aware of her sister sudden changes to become totally insane after she has been raped.

In this play also, I hate Stanley because he acts like a beast although I can’t deny the fact that in the end of the play he shows what a good father and husband he is. His action of raping Blanche is totally bestial and shows how uncivilized he is. He takes advantage on Blanche’s fragility and her present state of mind.

Overall, I find that this play is easy to read but I do not really like the story as it is not of my interest.